Mr. Johnson, a contributing science writer for The New York Times, says he wrote the book not to profile the personalities in the field, but to lead the reader toward a tentative understanding of quantum computing.
Paul Newman's Really Jewish! - accompanied by a tentative understanding that somewhere in the coiled scrolls of the Torah was a mandate that stipulated, on days of particular solemnity, the suspension of alternate-side-of-the-street parking.
The chance to break with the status quo didn't come until the early nineteen-nineties, when a semi-official group of Israelis, on the initiative of Norway's deputy foreign minister, reached a tentative understanding with P.L.O.
They have come to a tentative understanding, though Ms. Belyayeva testified in court that "according to Shariah law, we Russians are unbelievers, and women, according to Shariah law, are a lower race of Muslims, who are raised to become married, bear children and teach them bake bread".
Jordanian government minister Nayef al-Fayez said: "It is our tentative understanding that there will be an appeal from the British Government and accordingly we will be co-ordinating closely with them to see what are the next steps to be taken".
NBA commissioner David Stern says a "tentative understanding" has been reached to end the five-month lockout. .
Besides these two models, she also formulated a third, much more tentative, understanding of the faculty's operation.
The new agreement, which could see a triple-header of fixtures on Christmas Day with a shorter season of 66 games, is yet to be ratified but Stern added: "We've reached a tentative understanding that is subject to a variety of approvals and very complex machinations, but we're optimistic that will all come to pass.
Members of both Democratic and Republican leadership (in both congressional chambers) have come to a tentative understanding to keep some riders in the final continuing resolution.
Talks between Douglas-Home and Smith began with a lengthy meeting in Salisbury in April 1971 and continued until a tentative understanding was reached in early November.
